Oilers & Gasoline Tankers

Oilers & Gasoline Tankers

AO-85

USS Pamanset

AO-85

Photo 1

Photo 2

Photo 1

A photo of USS Pamanset (AO-85) from the port quarter wearing camouflage 32/3AO in San francisco Bay on June 9, 1944, after having been commissioned on April 30, 1944. The colors are dull black, ocean gray and haze gray. Photo source: NARA BS 79046.

Photo 2

USS Pamanset (AO-85) this time in a stormy sea still wearing camouflage 32/3AO on January 13, 1945, viewed from USS Essex (CV-9). Photo source: NARA 80-G-305485.